Juan Camacho doesn’t get real nervous when the Staten Island Yankees digs themselves into an early deficit. Why worry? Camacho knows that sooner or later, the Yanks will hit.

So it was last night at Richmond County Bank Ballpark, where the Yankees came back from an early 3-1 hole thanks primarily to an eight-run fourth inning that catapulted them to a comeback victory over the New Jersey Cardinals. The final score might have read 12-7, but really it was: Staten Island, one huge inning; Jersey, no big innings.

“We start losing all the time,” Camacho said. “But we always get back in it. We have a very good offense and some very good hitters.”

In particular, they have Camacho, who had a career day at the plate. The slugging third baseman piled up two homers, three hits and five RBIs. Even more impressive was the timing with which he delivered his run-scoring knocks.

After Jersey posted a three-spot in the third inning off of Baby Bomber starter Bobby Wood to take a 3-1 lead, Camacho injected his teammates with some much-needed adrenaline in the bottom of the fourth. He led off the inning by crushing a towering home run to right off Cards’ first-round draft pick Justin Pope, cutting the lead to one.

His blast both inspired his teammates and unnerved the Cards. Aaron Rifkin followed with an infield hit, and Jeff Segar proceeded to bounce a textbook double-play ball to New Jersey third baseman John Santor. But Santor’s throw to second sailed into right field, moving both runners up and keeping the rally alive.

Singles from Jeff Christensen, Alejandro Fernandez and Andy Cannizaro then brought home two more runs before John-Ford Griffin scorched a two-run double to right. That brought things full circle, as Camacho’s second at-bat of the inning produced a two-run single to right that capped the eight-run burst.

“You play nine innings,” Segar said, “so you’re bound to get lucky in one of them.”

Camacho wasn’t done yet, however. After the Cards trimmed the margin to 9-6 on a three-run bomb from Molloy H.S. alum Jesse Roman, Camacho erased any thoughts of a visiting comeback by launching a moonshot to right-center that may or may not have landed yet.

The two-run rocket put Camacho in a tie for the team lead in homers with four and placed him squarely atop the club’s RBI list with 16.

Meanwhile, like their comeback last night, the Yanks (12-7) have rebounded from a slow start to win five of their last six games, a run that has them perched atop the McNamara Division of the New York-Penn League. The a streak has been a result of the Bombers’ suddenly hot bats, lumber that’s ripped off 68 runs in the last 11 games.

“We’ve got some guys who are pretty good hitters and who can swing the bats,” said manager Dave Jorn. “And we’re starting to come around.”